Cochrane

Review question Cochrane authors compared the initiation rate, effectiveness, and side effects of insertion of a contraceptive implant (implant for birth control) soon after childbirth versus delayed insertion at postpartum visit. Background The spacing of pregnancies has a positive impact on health of both pregnant women and newborns. The contraceptive ...

Protocol: To evaluate the effectiveness of interventions using social networking sites to promote the uptake and adherence of contraception in women of reproductive age.

Fertility Regulation Group Haneefa Saleem Title Monday, November 28, 2016 ...

Background Theories and models help explain how behavior change occurs. HIV-prevention research has used theories and models. Programs to prevent sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are often based on behavioral science. The health field has used many theories and models of change. However, programs that address birth control often have no stated ...

Fertility Regulation Group Alissa Bernholc Title Monday, September 19, 2016 ...

Progestin-only contraceptives (POCs) can be used by women who cannot or should not take the hormone estrogen. Many POCs are long acting, cost less than some other methods, and work well to prevent pregnancy. Some people worry that weight gain is a side effect of these birth control methods. Concern about weight gain can keep women from using these methods. ...

Excess body weight has become a health problem around the world. Being overweight or obese may affect how well some birth control methods work to prevent pregnancy. Hormonal birth control includes pills, the skin patch, the vaginal ring, implants, injectables, and hormonal intrauterine contraception (IUC). Until 4 August 2016, we did computer searches ...

Background Family planning services can help women with HIV use birth control and prevent unwanted pregnancies. People with HIV are living longer due to better treatment. More HIV-positive women will want to choose whether and when to have a child. Methods We ran computer searches for studies of family planning (FP) programs for HIV-positive women ...

Background This is an update of a Cochrane Review that was first published in 2002 and previously updated in 2011. Tubal sterilisation prevents pregnancy by stopping the woman's unfertilised eggs from passing through the fallopian tubes to be fertilised by sperm. Techniques to close the tubes include cutting and tying them (partial salpingectomy), ...

Background A septic abortion is any abortion with infection after a miscarriage or intentional pregnancy termination. One of the signs of septic abortion is fever. Antibiotic treatment is very important for the treatment of septic abortion. The recommended treatments include antibiotics that have effects on different types of bacteria. However, there ...